NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now (Update)
NASA's next Mars mission is still alive.
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2016
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Soyuz carrying 3-man crew blasts off for orbiting station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, a Dane and a Kazakh blasted off on Wednesday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2015
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ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan
A space capsule carrying a Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday after the trio spent half a year on the International Space Station (ISS).
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2009
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Astronauts' year-long mission will test limits (Update)
Two men are about to spend a year at the orbiting International Space Station, in an experiment that will test the limits of the human body and mind.
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2015
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Kazakhstan mulls endangered antelope cull after population boom
Kazakhstan is considering culls of its endangered saiga antelope, the ecology ministry told AFP Thursday, after citing scientific advice about the threat posed to agriculture since the population rebounded.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2022
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American, two Russians back on Earth after half-year in space (Update)
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Tuesday landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan after a stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of over half a year, which saw the Olympic torch paraded in space.
Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2014
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Kazakhstan says 350 rare antelopes killed by lightning
Kazakhstan said Friday that around 350 critically endangered Saiga antelopes had been killed, probably by lightning, after villagers found their bodies in steppe land in the west of the country.
Ecology
May 14, 2021
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Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2009
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Two astronauts will expand envelope with one-year spaceflight
The two men assigned to a one-year spaceflight said Thursday that their upcoming mission will allow the world to push deeper into space.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2014
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Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite
Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2013
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